Youth Adulthood Flashcards
Generation X
- or twenty somethings
- more ethically diverse (between baby boomers and little boomers)
Cohabitation
living with someone in an intimate relationship with out marriage
Biological aging in adulthood
changes in structure and function in the individuals
social aging adulthood
changes in an individuals assumptions and relinquishment of role’s over time
transition points in adulthood
relinquishment of some role and assuming others
What ages are peak years for agility and speed?
18-30
How many people in the US don’t have health insurance ?
44 million
Who are the people that don’t have health insurance
- young adults
- hispanic population
- part-time workers
- those not born in the US
- uninsured women have grown three times faster than uninsured men (primary reason is poverty)
Depression is higher in males or females?
females
People who get less than __ hours of sleep each night report higher levels of stress
6 hours
Is all stress bad?
no, it leads to hardiness of the individual, openness to change, feelings of involvement in what is happening and a sense of control- help determine if stress is good or bad
Stress management
sense of control, good social support
Post-formal operational thought
- adults realize that knowledge is not absolute but rather relative in nature
- accept the contradictions contained in life and the existence of mutually incompatible systems of knowledge
Moral thought
- thought continues to develop
- carol gilligan say’s kohlberg’s stages for men
- men focus on “ethic of justice”
- women focus on “ethic of care”
- research mixed on this theory
